Tony Garnett
Known for Production · 13 credits
- Born
- 1936-04-03
- Died
- 2020-01-12
- Place of birth
- Erdington, Birmingham, England, UK
Biography
Tony Garnett is a British film and television producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his thirteen-year association with director Ken Loach, which started with The Wednesday Play and the groundbreaking Cathy Come Home amongst others, and continued into Play For Today and big screen features such as Kes. His other TV productions have included the controversial Law and Order and The Spongers and, with his company World Productions, Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, Cops, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. As a director, he helmed the films Prostitute and Handgun, and produced Hollywood movies such as Earth Girls are Easy and Sesame Street's Follow That Bird, and British cult LGBT classic Beautiful Thing. In 2016, he released his memoir, The Day the Music Died.
Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (9)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Friend and Producer
Carry On Ken
2006
The Boys
1962
as James Alan "Ginger" Thompson
Right to Work March
1972
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020
as Self – Producer (archive footage, 1993)
The Rivals
1963
as Jimmy Vosler
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
2019
as Self
Incident at Midnight
1963
as Brennan
Making Kes
2010
as Self
About Tony Garnett
Tony Garnett is a British film and television producer, director and former actor. He is best known for his thirteen-year association with director Ken Loach, which started with The Wednesday Play and the groundbreaking Cathy Come Home amongst others, and continued into Play For Today and big screen features such as Kes. His other TV productions have included the controversial Law and Order and The Spongers and, with his company World Productions, Between the Lines, Ballykissangel, Cops, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. As a director, he helmed t… With 13 credits spanning from 1960 to 2020, Tony Garnett has appeared in 9 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tony Garnett Movies
- Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016) — as Self - Friend and Producer
- Carry On Ken (2006)
- The Boys (1962) — as James Alan "Ginger" Thompson
- Right to Work March (1972)
- Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020) — as Self – Producer (archive footage, 1993)
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